GA-FRAN-0041

Record Date: 
18 July 2018
Graveyard: 
Franciscan Friary
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IHS

Af I was once like thee

So Surely thou shalt be

A Skeliton like me

Then haste and snatch

The present hour

Implore the Mercy seat

Least Death should

Rob thee of thy power

And Doom thy eternal

Fate

God be mericiful to ye

Sould of Charles Bird

Who died ye 18th Feb 1781

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.275252777778
Longitude: 
-9.0545361111111
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Charles
Surname: 
Bird
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1781
Notes: 

A skull and cross bones is cut in deep false relief below the inscription